GES-2 House of Culture is a city space located in one of Moscow's oldest power stations, built in 1907. The venue encompasses exhibition halls, a library, a cinema, a concert hall, workshops, studios, artist residences, shops, restaurants, cafes, a children's playground, and auditoriums for public and educational events. impressive glass roof encloses an area adorned with 620 birch trees.
Designed by the renowned architect Renzo Piano, famous for the Centre Pompidou in Paris, GES-2 House of Culture opened in 2021. The space hosts a wide array of activities, including workshops, lectures, film screenings, live shows, and performances. The venue aims to make contemporary culture accessible to everyone and foster the growth of a thriving artistic community.
Architectural Bureau was founded in 2007 by architect Stas Gorshunov. The bureau specializes in architecture and interior design, support in the implementation. The bureau’s projects include both private facilities and objects of public importance. The restoration of the interior of the Nizhny Novgorod State academic Philharmonic is one of the largest projects of the bureau. It changed the traditional approach to the organization of the indoor space for performances.
GORA also implemented such projects as the Record Cultural Center, the Sakharov Museum, the second pavilion of the Fair, the Referee tower at Grebnoy Channel. Many of the bureau’s projects have won prizes in architecture and urbanism.
Established in 2008, the multifunctional recording studio, led by executive producer Victor Karzalov, has been a prominent player in the audiovisual service market. As part of a creative workshop complex, the studio boasts unique acoustics and monitoring capabilities, enabling them to handle diverse musical projects in cinema, advertising, digital content, gaming, and VR.
The studio collaborates with renowned artists, musicians, brands, and businesses that seek high-quality and aesthetically appealing music for their projects. Notable achievements include producing music for Polina Gagarina's advertising campaign for Askona sofas, which earned two nominations at the prestigious Effie Russia 2021 Awards. The studio's client list includes prominent companies such as Ingosstrakh insurance company, Chistaya Liniya, Kaspersky cybersecurity provider, Samsung, Svyaznoy handset retailer, "Wake Up" video clip for Adidas, and others.
Lena Diodorova is an IT professional. In 2019, she launched the podcast "Gde Dengi?" ("Where Is The Money?"). This podcast is for people over 30 who want to get their personal finances in order, learn how to manage their money, find answers to the question "Where does the money go?" and find their path to financial prosperity. The podcast hosts explore the relationship with money, the connection between the financial aspect of life and emotions, analyze personal finance management experiences, and discuss money matters in a simple and understandable language.
In 2022, Lena Kirillina joined the project. She works in an oil company. Since February 2022, the podcast has accumulated over 50,000 listens. You can listen to the podcast in all popular podcast platforms such as Apple Podcasts, PocketCasts, Google Podcasts, Yandex Music and others.
Geometria.ru Nizhny Novgorod is a project about the city, culture and music. On their website you can see photo and video reports from memorable occasions, read announcements of major events, interviews and reviews of the latest movie premieres. Their community page has 21,000 followers on a Russian social media VK.com.
Glazami Ochevidtsa (Eyes of an Eyewitness) is a book that covers one of the major events of national history — the XVI All-Russian Industrial and Art Exhibition, held in Nizhny Novgorod in 1896. It was written by Professor of the Nizhny Novgorod State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering Tatyana Vinogradova.
The narrative is based on the works of the Nizhny Novgorod educator and journalist Vasily Ivanovich Vinogradov, the grandfather of the book’s author. Vasily Vinogradov was one of the first to give an accurate and in-depth description of the exhibition processes, from the preparations to the closing ceremony.
GluhoManya is a designer of custom clothes. Acrylic paint is applied by hand in thin layers, then subjected to heat treatment so that it stays on permanently. The artists prefers soft fabric paint, as it won't crack, peel or cause any discomfort. It doesn't change the feel of the fabric. Bright neon drawings inspired by video games and movies are best-sellers. Fluorescent paints are often used, too.
Almost any cotton product is suitable for customization: denim jackets, T-shirts, dresses, trousers and jeans, canvas shoes and hats - you name it. You can customize both a brand new clothing item or breathe a new life into your worn items. The paint can be applied anywhere - sleeves, collar, pockets, hood. You are free to design the sketch together with the artist or add details to the finished work or change the final version altogether.
Grafis produces interior paintings, reproductions, posters, and mirrors with frames, catering to a wide range of consumers. Their product line includes interior paintings with volumetric artistic decor, reproductions of paintings on paper, canvas, and acrylic glass, as well as handcrafted paintings made to individual orders, and framed mirrors. The diverse genres and a vast selection of subjects allow customers to find the perfect painting or poster to complement any interior design. They offer a variety of frames.
For their reproductions, Grafis draws inspiration from timeless classics and contemporary artists. The range includes flowers and landscapes, animal images, still life, genre scenes, abstract paintings, and playful subjects from from their own collection. These reproductions are versatile decorations suitable for offices, public spaces, and homes.
